It’s weird not posting a ‘count to 30’ post today.
GOP goes down in flames for ‘astonishingly stupid’ attempt to blame outbreak on impeachment.
Well - no they haven’t and the headline will remain in the minds of the loyal.
”The model the White House is now using to predict the virus’s spread assumes guidelines for social distancing will stay in effect until the end of May.”
WaPo COVID-19 Report
Holy Crap. We are DOOMED
Well that’s alright then.
🎛️ A Snicklecast: The Defence We Have Is Simple
A snickelcast highlighting the solution and what can go wrong.
”The defence we have is simple. A chain. A ‘chain of space’. And like any chain, it is as strong as the weakest link. Inserting any human into that space breaks our chain.”
John Philpin
Not Just the End of IT, the End of IT Contractors.
”The bail-out legislation doesn’t address this possibility so they’d probably get away with it, effectively turning a bail-out meant to save jobs into an insidious technique for getting rid of them.
Bob Cringely
Crowds gather on Manhattan’s west side to watch arrival of USNS Comfort
Filed in the ‘you can’t make this up’ category.
They know why it’s there… right?
THIRTY ONE
Well - that was fun. These are all the pictures I used in the 30 day challenge and of course all visible in their full glory here.
But why did I do it?
What The Virus Said
Robert Hurley | Lundi Matin | 27th March 2020
Via ‘The Browser’ who wrote;
“A poem, of sorts. As if Nietzsche did the first draft with T.S. Eliot on rewrite. "
Not sure i like the system font on MB … or maybe it is because I haven’t got used to it yet. Time will tell.
Be cool if I could choose my own font if I wanted to.
OK - giving up again - for now - just cannot get my css to change how replies are appearing on a single post page.
17
Donald Trump refuses to pay security bill for Harry and Meghan.
Well of course not - did somebody suggest they should?
The word refuses suggests that someone did - but they are private individuals.
Are We Prepared for COVID-19 Hitting the Southern Hemisphere?
”If you’re a sociopath, maybe you don’t care.”
Kevin Drum, Mother Jones